A Work in Progress: Deadman's Hand

This guide was made for entry:
Deadman's Hand
In Contest:
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step 1 of 10

step 1- 2 circles with the centers erased for the 8, pen tool ace and pen tool suits.

step 2 of 10

Completed cards.

step 3 of 10

Free hand doodling, flipping them as I go. Changed the background to blue using color adjustments.

step 4 of 10

Using the picture and my own hand as reference, sketched in the hand.

step 5 of 10

Layers for different parts of the hand.

step 6 of 10

Dodge/burn on the different layers, then smudge to blend

step 7 of 10

Dual brush for the jacket texture

step 8 of 10

Initial arragement

step 9 of 10

Big dots of color, a circle of dark color for shading, dodge/burn, copies, then scattered.

step 10 of 10

Wet media brush and blur for felt texture. Burn for shadows.

Final result

Votes

user	voted
Mad
Score: 10

Comments

Mad says:

Thank you, a good SBS.

(5 years and 3260 days ago)

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